
186 MAKING PORTRAITS
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Short lighting where sitter’s head is
turned towards the camera and both
main and fill lights are raised just
enough to remove reflections in glasses.
Problems with eyeglasses increase with the diameter of the eyeglass
lenses. From any particular camera position, the family of angles that
produces direct reection is greater if the glasses have big lenses.
Still life photographers exploring portraiture are sometimes tempted to
use polarizing lters on the main light and on the camera lens to eliminate
reection from glasses. However, this can cause other problems.
Human skin also produces a small amount of direct reection. ...